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POLICE REPORTS

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2:36 p.m. Friday - Cars driven by George Stevenson III, 62, of Muddy Creek Township and Justin Darby, 17, of Butler collided at West New Castle and Cunningham streets. Stevenson was cited for a traffic signal violation.

3:20 a.m. Sunday - John Deal III, 18, of Eau Claire was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence at Cemetery and Blair roads in Venango Township.Sunday - Several undisclosed items were taken between 10 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. in a burglary at the Petrolia Road home of Jeremy Szcygiel in Fairview Township.7:45 p.m. Saturday - Richard Eaton, 53, of Harwick, Allegheny County, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after his pickup truck struck the rear of a car at Route 422 and Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township.Rosalind Corrigan, 62, of Sarver, a passenger in the car driven by James Corrigan III, 62, of Sarver, suffered minor injuries. She was wearing a seat belt.2:45 a.m. Saturday - Trista Christy, 26, of Saxonburg was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence following an undisclosed altercation at a Saxonburg Road parking lot in Jefferson Township.Saturday - Police charged Michael Ritzert, 42, of Chicora with theft, trespass and criminal mischief stemming from the theft about 11:55 a.m. Friday of siding from the Donaldson Road home of Jodie Dunmyre in Donegal Township. Police said Ritzert later sold the siding to a scrap yard.Saturday - An undisclosed amount of aluminum and copper material was taken between March 12 and Saturday from a Herman Road home in Summit Township. Kenneth Orloski of Butler owns the stolen property.2:30 a.m. Friday - Scott Crawford, 22, of Worthington was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence on Route 422 in Worthington, Armstrong County.March 18 - An unknown thief March 17 or 18 broke into a cash/credit card machine at Kristy Kleen Car Wash on Dinnerbell Road in Jefferson Township and took about $100 in currency. The machine sustained about $1,000 in damage.

2:05 a.m. Sunday - Douglas Flanigan, 33, of Kittanning was arrested for driving under the influence on Old Route 8 in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County.Thursday - An undisclosed number of checks and guns were stolen between Feb. 26 and Thursday from the Crane Drive home of Richard and Donna Crow in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County. The checks were forged and cashed. The stolen property is valued at $1,305.

2:40 a.m. Sunday - A pickup truck driven by Christopher Luciani, 20, of Transfer struck the rear of a sport utility vehicle driven by William Sumners III, 20, of Greenville on Route 258 near Brent Road in Liberty Township, Mercer County. Luciani was cited for following too closely to another vehicle.6:05 a.m. Saturday - A vehicle driven by Lourdes Miller, no age given, of Slippery Rock struck a deer on Route 173 in Pine Township, Mercer County.11:50 p.m. Thursday - Curtis Seelbaugh, 45, of Grove City was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after his pickup truck struck a tree along Springfield Church Road in Jackson Township, Mercer County.Seelbaugh, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken with unknown injuries to United Community Hospital in Grove City and then transferred to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Thomas Grim, 68, of Grove City, a passenger in the pickup, suffered minor injuries but refused medical treatment.

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